English Translation of Candayan - The Pioneer Indo-Sufi Masnavi of Maulana Daud

This book is the first English translation of C¿nd¿yan, the pioneer work in a long tradition of Indian-Sufi love narratives.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword by Ali S. Asani
Acknowledgements
Notes on Transliteration
1. Introduction
What is Cāndāyan?
The Socio-Political Milieu of the Masnavī
The Chishti Sufi Order in India
Amir Khusrau and the Qawwālī
Maulana Daud
The Structural Design of Cāndāyan
a. The Prologue
b. The Abode of the Beloved
c. The Nakha-Sìikha Varnana
d. The Bārahmāsā in Cāndāyan
e. A Mystic’s Spiritual Journey
f. The Reconciliation/Homecoming
g. The ‘Key’ to the Masnavī
2. Cāndāyan
3. Finding Cāndāyan
Translation Process vis-à-vis the Language and the Prosody
Appendices
1. Sufi Masnavīs in India
2. The Chishti Sufi Order in India
3. Ruler and Noblemen in Cāndāyan
Sources of Appendices
Bibliography

About the author

Naseem A. Hines has taught medieval and modern Hindi literature and Urdu prose and poetry at the University of Washington, Washington University in St. Louis, Harvard University, Boston University, Wellesley College and the University of British Columbia. She lives in Seattle now where she continues to teach Sufi poetry.

Summary

This book is the first English translation of Candayan, the pioneer work in a long tradition of Indian-Sufi love narratives.

Product details

• Authors: Naseem A. Hines, Hines Naseem A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032520797
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3252079-7
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; POETRY / General, Poetry, Poetry by individual poets, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Poetry / poems by individual poets